Example Sentences

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Criminals are taking advantage to carry out huge cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Criminals can infiltrate bank accounts or steal personal identities, and AI is helping these attacks become more sophisticated.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

Criminals can find out a lot about you online, including on social media and publicly available databases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

"The message is clear: we're going to continue conducting worksite enforcement operations, including on farms and in hotels, but on a prioritised basis. Criminals come first," Homan told reporters.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Criminals, it turns out, are the one social group in America we have permission to hate.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander